Re: seperate environments for different kernels

[Rob <rpc@cafe4111.org>]

On Saturday 29 May 2004 09:13 pm, Younggyun Koh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i want to run linux 2.6.6 kernel, which needs upgrade of some system tools
> such as module-init-tools and nfs-utils. but other guys using the same
> machine with 2.4 kernel don't want me to upgrade them.
>
> is there any way i can make different system tools installed when i boot
> with the different kernel images other than mounting root directory to the
> different partitions? (i can't create a new partition)
>
> thank you,
>
> 			-Younggyun Koh (young@cc.gatech.edu)
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i was thinking about this... my brute force idea:
make some very early init scripts manipulate a bunch of symlinks, based on the 
output of uname -r. you have a different kernel, it renames some dirs, and 
goes on as normal. in fact, you oughta be able to have a few separate init 
script kits that all run but immediately exit if their designated kernel 
isn't running, like  `uname -r`= "2.6.6-test1" || exit
 
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Rob Couto [rpc@cafe4111.org]
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